Bell says its V-280 Valor contender for FLRAA builds on more than 500,000 hr. of operational experience with the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. Credit: Bell If the competitions become about design maturity, ...

The general public has come to know the concept of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) machines only recently, thanks to the many startups out there working on delivering new transportation solutions ...

Program officials at Bell, a contender in the Army's Future Vertical Lift program, will soon install a sophisticated sensor package on the V-280 Valor designed to ensure pilots know about enemy ...

The Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology demonstrator flies along a shoreline. The aircraft has been flying for three years and logged 200 flight hours. (Photo courtesy of Bell). WASHINGTON — Bell’s ...

In future conflicts, attack reconnaissance aircraft will be key to “achieving and sustaining overmatch against potential competitors and enduring asymmetric threats by closing or mitigating gaps in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system took flight for the first time aboard the V-280 Valor, Bell Helicopter ...

Bell has installed a Tactical Common Datalink on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor, a communications device that can pass back targeting data to precision long-range weapons. The company conducted ...

Second Milestone in 30 Days as New Light Tiltrotor Progresses to Max Speed Test. Bell’s V-280 Valor light tiltrotor aircraft has flown in level flight with its tiltrotors in the horizontal/cruise mode ...

Merging two cutting-edge technologies, Lockheed Martin flew its Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system aboard a Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft for the first time last month. The multi ...

Bell has assembled just over 50% of its 360 Invictus helicopter that it is developing for the US Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype (FARA-CP) programme and is ...

Bell will start building its 360 Invictus helicopter this week, according to a company official. Bell is developing the 360 Invictus for the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive ...

After spending much of the past decade almost exclusively building and developing tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. military, Bell is returning to its roots, pitching the U.S. Army a traditional ...